Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

LeftishBrit

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99. I'll always remember the time

Reply to Odin2005 (Reply #78)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 11:24 AM

Jun 2012

when I acted as an external examiner for a psychology of language paper at a university that shall be nameless, though I don't think their teaching was responsible for this!

Most of the essays were sensible, competent, and after you'd read quite a few, a bit samey. Then I come to one essay, on how language might affect thought, and the first half of it was unremarkable. Then suddenly it veered wildly, and the second half of the essay was all about Rupert Sheldrake and telepathy. Well, at least it was novel, I suppose!

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